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Take a deep dive into the five practices for facilitating productive mathematical discussions

The Five Practices in Practice, Middle School

Now you can learn more deeply what productive mathematical conversations can look and sound like in your middle school classroom with this deep dive into understanding the five practices--anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connecting. This follow-up to the modern classic, Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions, shows the five practices in action in middle school classrooms and empowers teachers to be prepared for and overcome the challenges common to orchestrating math discussions so that they can enact them with confidence.

The chapters unpack the five practices and guide teachers to a deeper understanding of how to use each practice effectively in an inquiry-oriented classroom. This book will help you launch meaningful mathematical discussion through

• Key questions, tools, and solutions to challenge for each practice to consider as you plan and carry out your mathematics discussions with students
• Video excerpts from real middle school classrooms that vividly illustrate the five practices in action
• Pause and Consider prompts that help you reflect on an issue and draw on your own classroom experience
• Linking To Your Own Instruction prompts to help you implement the five practices with confidence in your own instruction
• A focus on supporting equity and identity

The book and companion website provide an array of resources including planning templates, sample lesson plans and completed monitoring tools, and mathematical tasks. Enhance your fluency in the five practices to bring powerful discussions of mathematical concepts to life in your classroom.

The On-Your-Feet Guide to Orchestrating Mathematical Discussions

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This On-Your-Feet-Guide provides:

• Key questions, tools, and challenges for each practice to consider as you plan and carry out your mathematics lesson
• Special considerations and helpful hints to think about as you troubleshoot your lessons and assess your implementation of the practices
• A focus on supporting equity and identity

When you know the what but need help with the how As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book To learn how to implement foundational practices When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself

Margaret (Peg) Smith is a Professor Emerita at University of Pittsburgh. Over the past two decades she has been developing research-based materials for use in the professional development of mathematics teachers. She has authored or coauthored over 90 books, edited books or monographs, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles including the best seller Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Discussions (co-authored with Mary Kay Stein). She was a member of the writing team for Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All and she is a co-author of two new books (Taking Action: Implementation Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices Grades 6-8 & 9-12) that provide further explication of the teaching practices first describe in Principles to Actions. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (2001-2003; 2003 - 2005), of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2006-2009), and of Teachers Development Group (2009 - 2017).